William of Kerak

William of Kerak (died 1176) was an officer of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who was killed in the Battle of Kerak in 1176 AD.

Biography
William was a Norman pilgrim who immigrated to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to fight in the name of God and the Pope. William became a captain in the Jerusalemite army in 1176 while living in the castle of Kerak and was given 1,800 troops to defend the city from Ayyubid sultan Saladin’s army. At the Battle of Kerak, Saladin drove off Captain Howard’s larger force and then attacked William’s. William and his Knights of Jerusalem were attacked by Ayyubid general Az Zafir himself, and he was slashed off his horse and killed.